Hat-holding device.



G. PROEHLICH.

HAT HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION I'ILED rmm, 1911.

1,003,731. Patented Se t. 19,1911.

CHARLES FROEHLICH, 0F, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HAT-HOLDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Application filed February 7, 1911. Serial No. 607,200.

To? all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES FRonHLIcH, a citizen of the Empire ofGermany, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Holding Devices, of which "the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a womans hat holding device, which, dispensingwith the ordinary hat pin, becomes a permanent attachment to the hat, ispractically out of sight when in use and can be easily manipulated toengage or release the hair.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a hatin use with my improved hat. holding device applied thereto, Fig. 2 is avertical, longitudinal, sectional view of the hat holding device, Figs.3, a and 5 show sectional views taken respectively on the lines H, 55,and 6-6 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a transverse section on line 6-6 ofFig. 2 of the connection between the slide plate and its actuating rod.Fig. 7 represents a plan of the flat side or cover plate of the tubularcasing, showing the attaching prongs before being bent out.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawings.

In the form of embodiment shown in the drawings this hat holding devicecomprises a tubular casing 10, preferably in the form of a longitudinalflattened hollow cylinder having a fiat cover plate 11 along one sidethereof. This cover plate is provided with means for securing the deviceto the hat, the means shown for this purpose being bendable prongs 11struck from the body of said plate; these prongs being adapted to bepassed through and clenched over the body 30 of the hat or hat band. Thetube 10 is provided at intervals along one of its rounded sides withslots 16 preferably disposed in alinement, and above said slotsrespectively with crossbars 15 fixed at their opposite ends to the wallsof the casing. The casing is closed at its opposite ends and one of itsclosed ends is provided with an elongated slot 20.

The means shown for penetrating or grasping the hair to cause the hat tostay on the. head comprises fingers 14 pivoted within the tube 10 on thecrossbars 15 or otherwise and projecting outward through said slots 16.These fingers are provided with shanks the eye at the inner end of saidbar.

which extend into the tubular casing beyond said crossbar-s, and theyare preferably constructed of wire in the form of U-shaped loops,whereof the ends 25 and 26 of each loop constitutes the inwardlyextending shank thereof.

A sliding bar 13 is disposed in the casing 10 and provided at one endwith an eye 27 and at the other end with a socket 17. A contractilespring 12 is also disposed in the casing 10 and connected at one endwiltlh T e bar has a pivotal connection with the shanks of the hairgrasping fingers 14. The bar is preferably constructed in the form of aplate and provided with slots as 28 and 29 disposed in pairs side byside and the shanks 25 and 26 of the fingers 14 extend into said slotsas shown in Fig. 4, and form a loose connection with the plate. Thesocket 17 may be formed by a downwardly bent flange 17 having anupturned lip 17*. The flange 17 is provided with a perforation 17.

An actuating rod 18 extends through the slot 20 at one end of the case10 and is provided at its inner end with a head 19 and at its outer endwith a button 01' ball 21 preferably of an ornamental characterresembling the head of an ordinary hat pin. The pin extends through theperforation 17 and the head thereof engages the socket of the bar 13. Alocking device in the form of a rectangular lug 22 is fixed on the rod18 and adapted to slide in the slot 20 when the rod is turned to bringsaid lug into register with said slot. This lug serves as a lockingdevice to hold the actuating rod in outward position. When said rod isdrawn outward against the tension of the spring 12 sufficient to carrysaid lug outside the case 10 the rod is turned and the lug brought intoposition crosswise of the slot 20, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3where it forms a lock against the end of the case and the tension of thespring tends to hold it in that position.

These devices are usually used in pairs secured to the hat at oppositesides thereof. The case 10 is secured to the body or inner band orbandeau of the hat 30 by clenching the prongs 11 through said body orband, the actuating rod 18 extending outward through a hole 24 in thebody of the hat. When the hat is put on the head the fingers 14 are intheir outward position as shown in Fig. 2, being held in that positionby the action of thes'pring 12 on the bar 13. In

placing the hat on the head the fingers en gage the hair. Then thebutton 21 is grasped and the rod 18 pulled outward against the tensionof the spring causing the fingers 1a to swing toward the case 10 andgraspthe hair. Then the button is turned and the rod locked in outwardposition by the lock 22. When it is desired to remove the hat the ball21 is turned until the lug 22 registers with the slot 20 and theactuating rod 18 is then pushed or drawn inward and the fingers 14spring into open position. The hat may then be lifted from the head, thefingers 14: in their open position being freely withdrawn from the hair.

Any desired number of the devices and arrangement thereof may be used,two of them being illustrated as arranged to point in oppositedirections on opposite sides of the hat.

Advantages of the invention are the doing away with hat pins and thedangerous points thereof.

It is particularly understood that the details of construction of thishat holding device may be greatly varied without departing from thespirit and scope of the claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A hat holding device comprising a casing, swinging hair graspingfingers hinged to said casing, a sliding bar disposed within said casingand loosely connected with the shanks of said fingers, a contractilespring normally operative to draw saidbar inward and swing said fingersinto open position, an actuating rod connected with said bar andoperating on its outward pull to close said fingers, and a lockingdevice operative to hold said rod in outward position against thetension of said spring.

2. A hat holding device comprising a casing, a straight sliding bar inthe form of a slotted plate inclosed within said casing, swinging hairgrasping fingers hinged to said casing and provided with shanks engagingthe slots of said plate, and means for shifting said bar for actuatingsaidfingers to grasp or release the hair.

3. A. hat holding device comprising a cylindrical casing provided withslots and crossbars, swinging hair grasping fingers in the form of wireloops pivoted on said crossbars and projecting through said slots, saidfingers having inwardly projecting shanks, a slotted bar slidable insaid casing and engaging said shanks, and means for shifting said bar toswing said fingers into open or closed positions.

4. A hat holding device comprising a cylindrical casing, a cover platesecured thereto and having bars for securing the same within a hat,fingers projecting from the casing and fulcrumed thereto, said fingershaving inwardly extending shanks, a sliding bar slidable within thecasing and to which said shanks are pivoted, said sliding bar beingprovided with an up-turned perforated lug at one end, a spring at theother end of the sliding plate and tending to draw the same toward onelimit of movement, a manipulating rod swiveled in said perforation andextending outwardly through the end of the casing, the casing beingprovided I presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

CHARLES FROEHLICH. Witnesses:

J OHN MURTAGI-I, L. J. MURPHY.

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